Spring housing



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W. SUDEKUM SPRING HOUSING File?? Jan. 5, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 i Patented Mar. 9, 1926.

.1,516,316 PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM sunnxum, or NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.-

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` To all whom 'if may concern:

.Be itknown that I, WILLIAM SUDEKUM, a-cti'r'en of the United States, residingat Nashville, in the county of Davidson and State of Tennessee, 'have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spring Housings, of which the following is a specifica-tion.

My invention consists" in a new `and uscful 'improvement in spring housings andy is designed to provide a housing for the springs-used 'to expand the parts for applying metallic packing to shafts, rods, etc. The' particularly novel feature of my device, intended to beused in connectionwith metallic packing in stuffing boxes of steam l cylinders, is the provision of a .housing which will efl'ectually protect the springs from the deleterious effect of the steam. Experience has shown that when the springs used to expand the parts to compress the .metallic -packing on pistons of steam cyl,-

inders are exposed to super-heated steam from the cylinder which often attains a temperature of over700 F., the effect of this super-heated-stea'm is to injure the temper of the springs `and so destro their usefulness., I have devised a housing which will completely enclose the springsso as to pre-A vent the steam from attacking the springs, and thereby preserve their temper and el clency. e

I have illustrated in the drawings filed herewith, and` have hereinafter described the details of construction of several specific embodimentsv of my invention, but it is to b'e distinctly understood that I do not consider my invention limited to said speciiic embodiments but refer for'its scope to the claims appended hereto.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1is a longitudinal vertical section of a stuing box equipped with one form of my improved housing.

Fig.' 2 is a transverse section on the line 24-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line 3-\3 ofFig. 1.

Fig. 4 is .a view similar to Fig. 1,' illustrating a modified form of my device.

Fig. 5 is another similar view, illustrating another modified form of my device. F.Fig 6 is a section on1 the line 6-6 of In the drawings, the numeral 1 indicates the stuin'g box. containing my deviee. The

Application tiled January 5, 192,5.vv Serial No. 723.

springhousing consists of two co-acting parts, the' female member 2 and the male member 3 whichl are lrings encircling and spaced from the piston rod R and fitting into the :"box 1, the member 2 being seated against ,theinner end of the box l. The female member 2 is provided withan annular vgroove 4 into which is received the annular extension5 from the male member 3 provided with the annular spring receiving chamber 6. The expansion spring 7, received in the groove 4 and chamber 6, is .positioned to exert its expansive force to force apart the members-2 and 3.

Inorder to secure an inter-locking means between the members 2 and 3, I have provided a vsinuous slot 8 in the member 2 and cti-acting pin 9 on the member 3, to etlecta bayonet-latch connectionbetween the 'mem-bers.' I also provide-draw-holes 10 in the outerl face of the" member 3 to provide means for withdrawing the housing from the box 1.1, if and when desired.

Adjacent thev member 3, I provide a acking'retaining ring 1 1 enclosed by a ange l2 onthe complementary packing retaining ring 13,the packing 14 bein compressed by thexaction of the spring 7 etween the 13 which. is held in the box 1 by a suita le iii `with agasket 16 and btedto the box-1 in the usual wa In Fi 4, I form of ousing consisting of a female member comprising a ring` 17, encircling and have illustrated a modifiedV tov spaced from the piston rodl R, on which is threaded ,an outer ring 18, seated against the inner end of the box 1, and having the annular rejection 19, spaced from the ring 17 and'tge inner face of the box 1, and the male member consisting of the ring 20 encircling and s aced from the piston rod R and having t e annular projection 21 received; in the space between the ring 1.7 and the projection 19. The expansion spr-'mg 22 is. received in the space between the pro ection 19 and the inner surface of the x 1 and/is ositioned to exert its expansive force orce va art the rings 18 and 20.

In this form of ousing,I provide a sinu- Fig'. 5, I have illustrated another R and itted into the box 1, seated againstA `the inner end thereof and provided with a series of circumferentially disposed sockets 26, and the male member 27 comprising a ring encircling and spaced from thev piston rod Ri, fitted into the box l and provided with aser-ies of tubular ber 25 and provided with sockets 29." The expanslon springs 30 Iare' received 1n the sockets 26 and 29 and are disposed so as to exert their expansive force to force apart the members 25 and 27. I provide suitable draw-holes 31 in the outer face of the mem-v ber 25 and draw-holes 32 in the outer face of the member 27, for the purpose of su plying means by which the members may rojection's v28 re-v4 ceived in the sockets 26 o the female mem' removed sired.

Having described my invention, whatI claim is: l. n

1. In a spring housin Vfor a piston rod packing spring, the com ination of a ring provided with an annular recess and longitudinal sinuous slot; a second ring provided with an annular extension slidab-le in said recess, and in received in said slot; and an annular he ical spring interposed .between said4 rings.

from the box 1, if and when de-y terposed between the second and third rings.

In testimony whereof I aiiX my signature.

WILLIAM SUDEKUM.

a5 2. In a spring housing for a piston rod 

